| Lat / long: | 37.42367, -79.01391 |
| Primary: | Iron |
| Ore: | Martite |
| Orebody form: | LENSE 1-3 FT THICK |
| Discovery year: | 1880 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host rock: | Mt Athos, Member Alligator Back Formation, Lynchburg Group |
| Host type: | Quartzite,Schist,Conglomerate |
| Tectonic: | Smith River Allocthon |
| MRDS | W055364 |
| DEP | 10082521 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: FURCRON, A.S., 1935, JAMES RIVER IRON AND MARBLE BELT, VIRGINIA BULL. 39, VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 124P.}{Deposit:: ESPENSHADE, G.H., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JAMES RIVER-ROANOKE RIVER MANGANESE DISTRICT, VIRGINIA; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1008.}{Deposit:: CONLEY, J.F., 1985, GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES 59, 33P. (GENERAL GEOLOGY).} |
| Reporter | As |